A new CNN/ORC poll released Monday, found that a majority of Americans — 56 percent, now think Obama’s policies are likely to fail in coming years. According to the new CNN poll, only 37 percent think Obama’s policies will succeed will succeed. The finding is a reversal from a year ago when CNN polling found 54 percent that President Obama’s policies would succeed, while 39 percent | Read More »

In the second debate with John McCain in 2008, Barack Obama promised, “We’re going to work with your employer to lower the cost of your premiums by up to $2,500 a year.” It wasn’t just there, though. He reiterated this numerous times on the campaign trail. Freedomworks has a great compilation to emphasize this: Well, to quote Freddie Mercury, “Another one bites the dust.” Yes, | Read More »

Dreams vs. fantasies. Dreams are a good thing to have. They inspire us. They generally have some connection with reality and are usually the kinds of things one can work at attaining or accomplishing. Fantasies on the other hand usually have very little connection with reality and even less likelihood of coming true. One might dream of making a million dollars or growing up to | Read More »

A couple of weeks ago I gave the GOP a hard time about not paying close enough to the disastrous ObamaCare legislation and allowing Americans to forget about what has been rammed down our throats by the Democrats. Today, House Minority Leader John Boehner’s office published a thorough analysis of the “Three Months of Broken Promises” brought on by this abomination, and in doing so, | Read More »

A couple of weeks ago I gave the GOP a hard time about not paying close enough to the disastrous ObamaCare legislation and allowing Americans to forget about what has been rammed down our throats by the Democrats. Today, House Minority Leader John Boehner’s office published a thorough analysis of the “Three Months of Broken Promises” brought on by this abomination, and in doing so, | Read More »

To varying degrees, every presidential candidate makes promises during the course of the campaign that the realities of governing eventually cause the winner to break. But never has the US seen a president like Barack Obama, whose broken campaign promises far outnumber his fulfilled ones. The list is seemingly endless: no lobbyists in the administration, closing Guantanamo Bay, a tax cut for 95% of Americans, | Read More »

“A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.” – Niccolo Machiavelli Machiavelli would certainly be proud of the current administration. Ever since President Bush’s election victory in 2000, Democrats and liberals have accused Republicans of everything from gaming the electoral system to hiding things from the American public. Judging from the rhetoric, it seemed clear that once Democrats gained the majority, they would | Read More »

As expected, the Obama Administration and Congressional allies are trying to ram the stimulus bill through without allowing the public to take a good, long look at it. Does anyone actually believe that this sort of thing would go on if the Administration were even remotely confident in its work product? Me neither. It’s time to call the Administration on its lack of transparency–a lack | Read More »

Linky, link link: Reporting from Washington — Harvard Law Dean Elena Kagan, President Obama’s choice to represent his administration before the Supreme Court, told a key Republican senator Tuesday that she believed the government could hold suspected terrorists without trial as war prisoners. She echoed comments by Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. during his confirmation hearing last month. Both agreed that the United States | Read More »

The list of campaign promises broken by Obama & Co® is growing daily. What with allowing lobbyists into his administration, allowing rendition to continue (my personal favorite), The Lilly Ledbetter Act, to run the most ethical administration ever and I am certain when all is said and done there will be plenty more. Enter stage right, Rachel Maddow. Obama supporter deluxe and media personality | Read More »

Thanks to crude oil prices that have fallen over $100 per barrel since July’s historic highs, there are no more windfall profits to tax. From the Houston Chronicle: President-elect Barack Obama has shelved a proposal to slap the oil and gas companies with a new windfall profits tax because oil prices have dropped so much in recent months, the transition team confirmed today. “President-elect Obama | Read More »

In response today to a reporter’s question about whether he was going to raise taxes, President-elect Obama had this to say: (M)y tax plan represented a net tax cut. It provided for substantial middle-class tax cuts; 95 percent of working Americans would receive them. It also provided for cuts in capital gains for small businesses, additional tax credits. All of it is designed for job | Read More »